watchman
英 [ˈwɒtʃmən]
美 [ˈwɑːtʃmən]
n. (夜间)保安员，看守人，警卫员
复数：watchmen
Collins.1 / BNC.16530 / COCA.17150
牛津词典
noun
- （夜间）保安员，看守人，警卫员
a man whose job is to guard a building, for example a bank, an office building or a factory, especially at night
柯林斯词典
- See also:nightwatchman
英英释义
noun
- a guard who keeps watch
双语例句
- They had almost reached shore when a watchman spotted them and raced off to spread the news.
就要到岸时，一个巡夜人发现了他们，急忙跑开去报告。 - The company excused the watchman for falling asleep while on duty.
公司原谅了那位守夜值班时睡着觉的看守员。 - The criminal throttled the watchman and robbed the bank.
那罪犯勒死了守卫人员，抢了银行。 - He became a watchman after he retired from the factory.
他从工厂退休后成为一名守夜者。 - The watchman was beaten, the mine flooded.
看守人被击倒了，矿井也被注满了水。 - Once or twice she looked over her shoulder at me. The night watchman makes his rounds every hour.
有一两次她回头看看我。守夜者每小时巡回一次。 - The burglars tied up the night watchman with a piece of cord.
夜盗用一根绳把守夜人捆了起来。 - The watchman had heard nothing& yet the building had been robbed.
守卫的人没有听到动静，然而这座楼被盗了。 - There's an old watchman living there.
那里住着一个老看守人。 - You're the night watchman, Lawrence. A venerable position in this institution.
你是守夜人，这个博物馆里很值得尊敬的职位。